Fashion in His Time....
At certain, likely fluid moments in the last four hundreds years, the naked torso of the indigenous man was gradually sheathed in a full skirt, exchanging half nudity for a collarless garment with long, cuffless sleeve. Many colonized indios discovered the clothing possibility in what was to be called, in Spanish, the Camisa. Tailored out of light usually translucent materials such as sinamay, piña cloth or cotton, the camisa became standard wear of those social strata who had to labor in the enervating warmth of the tropics. In due course, the camisa was devoted to the local weaver's many decorative skills. Fine embroidery, supplementary weft floats (suksuk), cut-openwork embroidery (calado and doble calado) and such details as pleating pockets, in time indigenized a shirt cut which was generally thought to have originated in China. And, in the nineteenth century, the Camisa de Chino would
metamorphose - with the addition of the collar, cuffs and elaborations such as shirts and pleats - into the Filipino Barong Tagalog.
metamorphose - with the addition of the collar, cuffs and elaborations such as shirts and pleats - into the Filipino Barong Tagalog.
The Barong Tagalog (or simply Barong) is an embroidered formal shirt from the Philippines. It is very lightweight and worn untucked (similar to a coat/dress shirt), over an undershirt. In lowland Christian Filipino culture it is common formal attire especially in weddings, and is mostly worn by men. The term "Barong Tagalog" literally means "a Tagalog dress" in the Tagalog language; the word "Tagalog" refers to the ethnic group's traditional homeland in central and southern Luzon, and not their language.
Barong Tagalog style of the 1800′s for our wedding event, wearing a top hat is optional. Today, the Filipinos (as well as non-Filipinos) continue to wear the Barong Tagalog with distinguishing acceptance world-wide.
Tagalog dress, early 1800s.
This is one of the garments of ethnic group of the early filipinoes. The fabrics are more likely the same as camiso de chino. They are using different type of trees for their cloak.
This is one of the garments of ethnic group of the early filipinoes. The fabrics are more likely the same as camiso de chino. They are using different type of trees for their cloak.
Calico is a plain-woven textile made from unbleached, and often not fully processed, cotton. It may contain unseparated husk parts, for example. The fabric is less coarse and thicker than canvas or denim, but owing to its unfinished and undyed appearance, it is still very cheap.
Originally from the city of "Kōlikkōdu" (known by the English as Calicut) in southwestern India, the fabric was made by the traditional weavers called cāliyans. The raw fabric was dyed and printed in bright hues and calico prints became popular in Europe.
Originally from the city of "Kōlikkōdu" (known by the English as Calicut) in southwestern India, the fabric was made by the traditional weavers called cāliyans. The raw fabric was dyed and printed in bright hues and calico prints became popular in Europe.
Calzon is a garment like a trouser short covering from the waist up, more or less, mid-thigh. This is a common pants used in 1800 - 1900's
Salacot is a hat , helmet, used in the Philippines and other hot countries, in a half ellipsoid or spherical cap, which covers most of the skull and neck.It is usually adhered to the head by a distant edges to let the air circulate ring, it is made of woven strips of cane or other natural material. The word is originally Tagalog ( salaksak ).
The pith helmet was a garment used by the colonial armies in warm places like Africa or Asia , and in particular, the English model, which served as a protective element of the sun and heat. Used to also use a pith helmet British explorers in the late nineteenth century and early twentieth . It is one of the icons of the glory of the British Empire .
The pith helmet was a garment used by the colonial armies in warm places like Africa or Asia , and in particular, the English model, which served as a protective element of the sun and heat. Used to also use a pith helmet British explorers in the late nineteenth century and early twentieth . It is one of the icons of the glory of the British Empire .
The baro't saya is a traditional Filipino blouse and skirt ensemble. It originated in Spanish times, when native Philippine women were required to cover their upper torso. Throughout Spanish colonization this was the everyday attire of most Philippine women.The baro or blouse is short-sleeved and collarless. It is usually made of sheer fabrics and at times is embroidered. This is in contrast to the saya or skirt, which is made of simple opaque plaid or striped cotton or sinamay. A tapis or wraparound overskirt would usually be added, and an alampay or panuelo would be worn with the ensemble to cover the bosom.
Under the Spanish colonization, the basic outfit had evolved into a many-layered ensemble of the: kimona or inner shirt; the baro outershirt with its usually gauzy materials, fine embroidery and wide sleeves; the pañuelo or piano shawl, starched to achieve a raised look; the naguas or petticoat (derived from enagua, as in the song "Paruparong Bukid, naguas de ojetes refers to petticoats decorated with eyelet patterns visible underneath the saya); the saya proper, laid over the starched petticoat and bunched at the back to mirror the polonaise which was in fashion during that period, sometimes fashionably as de cola or with a finely embroidered train; and the tapis, a wrap covering the upper half of the saya.